Kurdistan – Quiet

Hasankeyf may disappear in a close future. Indeed, the governement plan to build a hydroelectric power station, the water will rise up to 30m higher as it is now

Children in Hasankyef/Kurdistan

Children playing in Xelfet.

Working in the olives’ tree field

Working in an olive’s feld

Mother and proud son in Derîk

Daily work with family in fromt of the village-oven.

Maison d’Armeniens

The main “cafe” in the city center. It’s a social hub where everyone meet but the women. In the coutry-side, man/woman are more or less separated in the street. However, things are changing in the right direction – Agfa APX 100.

One praying using a “Tesbih” (prayer beads).

Playing cards in a small kurdish city- Agfa APX 100

Keeping track of the scores – Agfa APX 100

Enjoy tee and sun in an kurdish town- Kodak Tri-X 400

The cafe waiter is working al,ost every day at the “cafe” in the city center.

Slow time on the main place of Derik. Peace before storm. A few days after this shoot the turkish military started an “safety operation” .

Kid selling vegetables in the town center.

Street snack in the evening in Derik.

Inside a small office in kurdish part of Turkey. Everyone must have a portrait of Ataturk to avaoid any problem with the police.

Mosque. One feel people are religious, but most not extremist and pretty tolerant.

Enjoying tee in the street o a little town in the kurdish part of Turkey.

shooes shop with tee and certificate

From the shop, view on the main place.

Small path inside the old Martin

Place in Ahmed/Kurdistan

Entrance to the Ulu Camii in Amed/Diyarbakir.

“shooping Mall”, Hasan Paşa hanı, in the center of Amed/Diyarbakir

A young kurd in Amed/Diyarbakir wearing a nice “long” trouser.

“Bazar” in Mardin

Market in Mardin

View on the new part of Aed/Diyarbakir. Many people left the village desvasted by the civil war. so the city of Amed grown up to about 800 000 in 2008 from 250 000 in the 80′.

Playing Dama games in Amed/Diyarbakir

thinking about the next moves, playing Dama in Amed/Diyarbakir.

Playing Dama in Amed/Diyarbakir

Playing and trinking tee – Amed/Diyarbakir, 2015 – Kodak Tri-X 400

Kurdish newspaper in Amed/Diyarebakir: Daily live, is also daily news, now in kurdish language, about the “safety operation” from the turkish security forces.

Teehouse inside the city wall of Amed/Diyarbakir

Women in the old city of Amed/Diyarbakir. In the 80’m they explained they hided themwelf to listen to kurdish music